Ralph DiClemente
Ralph DiClemente
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Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences
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Professional overview
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Dr. Ralph DiClemente was trained as a Health Psychologist at the University of California, San Francisco where he received his PhD in 1984 after completing a ScM at the Harvard School of Public Health. He earned his undergraduate degree at the City University of New York.
Dr. DiClemente’s research has four key foci:
- Developing interventions to reduce the risk of HIV/STD among vulnerable populations
- Developing interventions to enhance vaccine uptake among high-risk adolescents and women, such as HPV and influenza vaccine
- Developing implementation science interventions to enhance the uptake, adoption and sustainability of HIV/STD prevention programs in the community
- Developing diabetes screening and behavior change interventions to identify people with diabetes who are unaware of their disease status as well as reduce the risk of diabetes among vulnerable populations.
He has focused on developing intervention packages that blend community and technology-based approaches that are designed to optimize program effectiveness and enhance programmatic sustainability.
Dr. DiClemente is the author of ten CDC-defined, evidence-based interventions for adolescents and young African-American women and men. He is the author of more than 540 peer-review publications, 150 book chapters, and 21 books. He serves as a member of the Office of AIDS Research Advisory Council.
Previously, Dr. DiClemente served as the Charles Howard Candler Professor of Public Health at the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University. He was also Associate Director of the Center for AIDS Research, and was previously Chair of the Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education at the Rollins School of Public Health.
Dr. DiClemente is Past President of the Georgia chapter of the Society for Adolescent Health & Medicine. He previously served as a member of the CDC Board of Scientific Counselors, and the NIMH Advisory Council.
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Education
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BA, The City College of the City University of New York (CCNY), New York, NYScM, Behavioral Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MAPhD, Health Psychology, University of California San Francisco Center for Behavioral Sciences, San Francisco, CAPostdoctoral Fellow, University of California, San Francisco, CA
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Areas of research and study
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Community InterventionsDiabetesHIV/AIDSImplementation scienceInfluenzaPsychology
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Publications
Publications
Masculinity, condom use self-efficacy and abusive responses to condom negotiation: The case for HIV prevention for heterosexual African-American men
AbstractRaiford, J. L., Seth, P., Braxton, N. D., & Diclemente, R. J. (n.d.).Publication year
2013Journal title
Sexual HealthVolume
10Issue
5Page(s)
467-469AbstractBackground This study explored the role of masculinity and perceived condom use skills in African-American men's abusive response to female partners' condom requests. Methods: Eighty African-American men aged 18-29 years completed measures on sexual behaviour, responses to condom requests, condom use self-efficacy and other masculine constructs. Men also were tested for sexually transmissible infections. Results: Men's condom use self-efficacy explained 16.5% of the variance in abusive response to condom requests, beyond demographics and masculine constructs. The full model accounted for 63% of the variance. Conclusions: Many HIV interventions with women encourage condom negotiation. Findings highlight the need to address men's condom use skills and masculine norms.Motivations for Secondary Abstinence Among African American Females at Risk for HIV/Sexually Transmitted Infections
Multi-level factors associated with pregnancy among urban adolescent women seeking psychological services
Parent-adolescent communication scale
Sales, J. M. D., Milhausen, R. R., & DiClemente, R. J. (n.d.). In Handbook of Sexuality-Related Measures (1–).Publication year
2013Page(s)
139-140Parental human papillomavirus vaccine survey (PHPVS): Nurse-led instrument development and psychometric testing for use in research and primary care screening
Partner communication scale
Sales, J. M. D., Milhausen, R. R., & DiClemente, R. J. (n.d.). In Handbook of Sexuality-Related Measures (1–).Publication year
2013Page(s)
137-138Predictors of consistent condom use among young African American Women
AbstractCrosby, R. A., Diclemente, R. J., Salazar, L. F., Wingood, G. M., McDermott-Sales, J., Young, A. M., & Rose, E. (n.d.).Publication year
2013Journal title
AIDS and BehaviorVolume
17Issue
3Page(s)
865-871AbstractThe purpose of this study was to determine the predictive value of selected factors to the consistent use of condoms among high-risk young African American women. A clinic-based, prospective, study of 242 young, African-American women (ages 15-21) was conducted. In multivariate analysis, consistent condom use was predicted by having greater perceptions of condom negotiation self-efficacy, lower fear of negotiating condom use, and having communicated with sex partners (during the recall period) about condom use. Relational variables were predictive of consistent condom use among young African American women. STD/HIV preventive interventions should target these factors, perhaps in dyad-level interventions.Predictors of repeat chlamydia trachomatis and/or neisseria gonorrhoeae infections among african-american adolescent women
Preventing HIV among young people: Research priorities for the future
Racial differences and correlates of potential adoption of preexposure prophylaxis: Results of a national survey
Rate of decay in proportion of condom-protected sex acts among adolescents after participation in an HIV risk-reduction intervention
Relational correlates of unprotected oral and vaginal sex and among African-American adolescent females
Reliability and Validity of the Dyadic Observed Communication Scale (DOCS)
Safer sex media messages and adolescent sexual behavior: 3-year follow-up results from project iMPPACS
Sexual concurrency among young African American women
State of the evidence: Intimate partner violence and HIV/STI risk among adolescents
Targeting STD/HIV prevention interventions for heterosexual male adolescents in North and Central America: A review
The concrete jungle: City stress and substance abuse among young adult African American men
The relationship between ethnic identity and Chlamydia and Gonorrhea infections among low-income detained African American adolescent females
AbstractVoisin, D. R., Salazar, L. F., Crosby, R., & Diclemente, R. J. (n.d.).Publication year
2013Journal title
Psychology, Health and MedicineVolume
18Issue
3Page(s)
355-362AbstractThis study explored the relationship between ethnic identity and Chlamydia and Gonorrhea infections among detained African American female adolescents. A cross-sectional survey was conducted among 123 African American female adolescents within eight detention facilities in Georgia. Using audio-computer assisted self-interviewing technology, data were collected on demographics, ethnic identity, laboratory-confirmed Chlamydia and Gonorrhea, and other known correlates for sexually transmitted infections (STIs), such as socioeconomic status, parental monitoring, and risky sexual behaviors. Rates of Chlamydia and Gonorrhea testing yielded incidence rates of 22.6% and 4.3%, respectively. Findings indicated that, controlling for STI correlates, participants who indicated high ethnic identity were 4.3 times more likely to test positive for an STI compared to those scoring low on the measure of ethnic identity.The social and behavioral sciences research network: Translational research to reduce disparities in HIV
Blank, M. B., Metzger, D. S., Wingood, G. M., & DiClemente, R. J. (n.d.).Publication year
2013Journal title
Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency SyndromesVolume
63Page(s)
S1-S3Understanding reasons for participating in a school-based influenza vaccination program and decision-making dynamics among adolescents and parents
What girls won't do for love: Human immunodeficiency virus/sexually transmitted infections risk among young african-american women driven by a relationship imperative
Worry about sexual outcomes scale
Sales, J. M. D., Milhausen, R. R., Spitalnick, J., & DiClemente, R. J. (n.d.). In Handbook of Sexuality-Related Measures (1–).Publication year
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30-31Young adult women and correlates of potential adoption of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP): Results of a national survey
Acceptability of medical male circumcision and improved instrument sanitation among a traditionally circumcising group in East Africa